Thursday 28 February 2008

Chicken and Corn Soup

This was one of my favourite soup when I was a teenager ( years and years and years back).
Well i must say this was the only soup I ate, and that too was never home made, always had them in the Chinese.
We never had the habbit of having soup at home like lot of you will know, who lives in India.
At least we didn't had them.
So when ever we went to chinese I took this soup.
Ofcourse after getting married and learning to cook. I make lot of different kind of soup whick i love, but when ever I make this soup I feel nostalgic........ actually If I am honest i do feel nostalgic when I make other dishes or for some sweets etc....
For vegetarians they don't have to add the chicken and use vegetable stock.This is my entry for Bindiya's event These are few of my favourite things, thems this month is


Chicken,sweetcorn etc..


Busy


Any onr for a bowl of hot soup???

Ingridients:

Few spring onione cut finley + few for garnish
A small piece of ginger grated
Half chicken breas cut in small pieces
2 l Chicken Stock
400gm Creamed corn
4 to 6 tbsp corn fmour mixed with few tbsp of water
2 eggg whites.
2 green chillies optional
Peper and salt to taste.
1 tbsp oil

Heat the oil in a large pot, add the onions fry till they are soft add the chicken stock,chillies, ginger, chicken pieces, salt and peper. Boil for 10 to 15 minutes.

Now add the cream sweet corn and boil for few minutes now add the corn flour mixed with the water and boil for few minutes till the soup is thinck.

Beat the egg whites with a bit of water lightly, add to soup in a thin stream, stirring well.Serve the soup gernished withe the extra spring onions.

57 comments:

FH said...

That soup looks gorgeous!! I always order Hot and sour soup at Chinese restaurant. Your's really looks authentic and delcious.Got to try, kids will love it, I know for sure!:))
Click on the links below the Poories at FH post for more Potato dishes. There is a Potato-Sour Cream soup, you will love it!:)

Cakespy said...

A perfect pairing of flavors. Wonderful recipe, thanks!

Finla said...

Ahsa thankyou. I am sure your kids will love the soup, here Shyama loves them too, well we all do. Yeah i saw the potato dish and have bookmarked for making them.

Mishmash ! said...

aww...this is my fav too.....one of those indo -chinese soups my mother makes :)

Laavanya said...

I love the sweetcorn veg soup too.. Looks great.

Finla said...

Cakespy thankyou

Mishmash thankyou, this is mine too

Lavanya thry them without the chicken, they are so easy to make

Seema said...

That one yummy bowl of soup i love & my definet order in any restaurant if they have it! My kids love it too :-) Looks so perfect & Delicious.. can i have my tupperware of soup please delivered :-)

Peter M said...

I do love the egg drop in soups like this one.

Seena said...

:D How many years back, dear F?
Love this soup, we too never had the habit of making soup at home. :)

Thanks for trying out parottas from my site, make a meat dry preparation with it, will taste great!

indosungod said...

Yes those days soups could be had only at a Chinese restaurants :) Looks delicious and perfect for this weather.

Dhivya said...

easy and healthy soup....

Dori said...

I also love to have this soup at the Chinese restaurants, yours looks just as good and is probably better!

Ruth Strong said...

i love getting this soup at the chinese, but I haven't been brave enough to try it out for myself! I'll be bookmarking this for future. Great recipe!

AnuSriram said...

Good entry for chinese food....

Mallika said...

My husband was recently asking why I hadn't made this soup for ages. Thanks so much for the recipe. I am going to have to make it soon!!

Cakelaw said...

What a lovely, light looking soup. Soup is something that I have yet to conquer.

I have tagged you for a MeMe:

http://kitchenlaw.blogspot.com/2008/02/meme-5-things-about-me.html

Apologies if you have already done this one.

Rajesh &Shankari said...

They look so identical to what you get in chinese restaurants :)

Rajesh &Shankari said...

They look so identical to what you get in chinese restaurants :)

Richa said...

wow one more soup from you :)
u really make lovely varieties of soup.

Sig said...

oh sweet corn chicken soup was one of my childhood favorites too... Looks great HC!

Chef Jeena said...

Lovely soup happy the pictures are so very tempting. It looks just like what we would get in a restaurant here. Lovely recipe. :-)

KonkaniBlogger said...

The soup looks rich and creamy..I like hot n sour the best and then this comes on my list..Yumm....

sra said...

Didn't many of us start Chinese food eating this soup? And fried rice, of course.

Sagari said...

I love both main ingredients in your soup ,delecious comboooooo corn and chicken

Srivalli said...

That looks perfect...I don't normally prefer hot and sour as they make it real hot and sour over here..:D..but I had made it once and liked it..though never got a chance to prepare again

Unknown said...

hi happy cook!! chicken and corn soup is my favourite and yours look absolutely delicious!

Lavanya Raj said...

perfect soup..would love to have it without chicken:)

Retno Prihadana said...

H.C, this soup my favourite too :))

Rachel said...

Sweet corn chicken soup is my all time-favourite...the soup that you made looks so preofessional..Like the ming dish as well!

Chibog in Chief said...

oh this soup reminds me of plenty of happy souvenirs when i was a kid..my sisters and i love this!!thanks for sharing it gave me a real smile today :-)

Sumitha said...

Hi HC,I am writing to you from your neighbouring country Switzerland.The soup looks fabulous,I have bookmarked to try it.I also love your spaghetti dishes.

Unknown said...

Hey this looks great! My hubby loves this soup a lot and so do I , though I mostly order Hot and Sour soup in a chinese restaurant, but I love this one too, especially when I think of those days when I am down with fever , its like a heaven send comfort food:)

Finla said...

Seema thankyou; tjis is one soup i don't keep in tupperware ;-))

Peter M thankyou

Seena thankyou, and you woudn't want to know how many years back :-)))) the parotas were really good, i had them with lamb kofta curry

Indiasound really trie and thankyou

Dhivya thankyou

Meeso yeah it sure tasste better as i know what i put in

Ruthbabes try them, it is so easy to make

Anusriram thankyou

Malika your hubby will be really pleased if you make this for him


Cakelaw well now you can venture to make this soup, will check out your place for the meme

Shankari yeah i know, now that i make them home i don't order that often in the chinese

Finla said...

Richa thankyou

Sig thankyou

Jeena try them for you it is a easy one to make :-)

Maya i like the hot ans spur too,

Sra really true and not to mention the chilly chicken

Sagari thankyou

Srivalli try them the twins might also take few spoons, you never know :-)

Saswati they are mine too

Lavanya Raj you can try without the chicken

Retno thankyou

Dhanggit yeah you too and i was thinking this was the fav of Indians :-)


Sumiitha welcome neighbour ;-) they the pasta dishes most of them are very easy


Cooking and the city thankyouy

Anonymous said...

I love this soup. Whenever I make Indian Chinese at home, I have to make this soup.

I also like your Belgium recipes, We lived in Brussels for almost 3 years, and I have never tried making Belgium food at home at that time, but now, looking at your recipes, I miss all the good food, and will give it a try...

Mansi said...

boy, that looks delicious HC! nice flavors, and great spices:)

Cham said...

Love this chicken corn soup. Can i order a bowl? Got to try at home in cold days !

Rosie said...

Oh this is so perfect Happy chicken & corn soup gorgeous!!

I would love a bowl of your soup - slurp - drool

Rosie x

Finla said...

My comfort food... now then is the time to make the food you miss from Brussels :-)

Manasi thankyou

Cham do try they are delicious

Rosie they are perfect for the Brittish cold weather :-))

Deborah said...

This sounds so delicious!

Cynthia said...

Your soup looks like the real thing. This is one of my favourites and I always have it whenever I got to a Chinese restaurant.

amna said...

that looks very professional!

Swapna said...

Hi Happy cook....this is one of my favourite soup....I too make this at home....your's looks yummy...

Raks said...

Hi happy cook,how are u?
Last week I tried corn soup and am a vegetarian...
Is there any way to cream the corn at home? Just wanted to know to make for the next time:)

Bharathy said...

Oh MY MY...my alltime favourte soup...so Perfect!! I am hungry and I want this now..whoaah!

Finla said...

Deboraha thankyou

Cynthia me too, i used to order them always, but now that i make them home i don't order them

Nags thankyou

Swapna thankyou and it is mine too

Rakh's Kirichen, I sometimes do normal corns when i don't have the creamed ones in stock. It doesn't matter, as long as you thicken the soup with cornflour

Bharathy they are mine too. I always had thgis soup in India

Bindiya said...

Superb entry!,give this to me anytime,thanks Happy!!!

Anonymous said...

ahaa!my favourite soup,love it:))
paati

Cakelaw said...

Lovely looking soup, Happy Cook. It looks soothing as well as delicious.

vandana rajesh said...

hi
thanks for visitng my food blog. Sweet corn chicken soup is a favorite with my family and so I do end up making it quite often. This soup really looks nice, thick and delicious.

Ramya's Mane Adige said...

hey! HOw r u, HC? Hope alls well at ur end.... Just dropped by to say a HI :). Soup sounds delicious

M'nMs said...

appreciate the veg. option. never tried a chinese soup before!

Finla said...

Bindhya thankyou, it was my pleasure

Paati it is one of mine too

Calelaw thankyou

Vandana Rajesh, here in my place my family too love this soup, ofcourse i add the chillies for getting the feeling like they give soup back at home :-)

Remya... thankyou; i am fine.

M&ms thry this you will love them

Jeena will check the new place :-)

Vaishali said...

Happy Cook, I am always amazed at how creative your recipes are! And the results are always beautiful.

Viji said...

My friend was asking me a recipe for this soup HC. It looks simple and i will pass it to him. Thanks. Viji

Sia said...

hot 'n sour soup is my fav and sweet corn is another fav of mine. good one HC:)

Finla said...

Vaishali thankyou, u r so sweet :-)

Viji i was surprised to see you here as i know you are a vegetarian. It is a easy soup to make you friend will love it

Sia thankyou. I too like hot and sour soup.... i do take them when i am back in india.